Ta'Neal C. Night Assignments

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Assignment 1: Reasons for Writing

Night Reasons
There are many reasons that Elie Wiesel wrote the book Night. One reason was to understand the madness of evil and death so that he himself won’t go mad. Another reason was to leave behind a reference so that history will not repeat itself. He also wanted to preserve his experience. This way, people will know what happened during the Holocaust. A final reason for the writing was to discover the demented nature of human. Wiesel wanted to understand why the Holocaust happened.

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Assignment 2: Holocaust Web Search

Night Web Search
Background Information for the Holocaust
Use the following websites for a quick overview of the following terms and people.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/

Topics to Know	Questions	Answers
Nazi Propaganda	Who is Joseph Goebbels? List three things the Nazis did to ensure that their views were shown/heard in the most persuasive manner possible. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/propaganda_in_nazi_germany.htm	For literature, art, movies, ect., you had to be a member f the Reich Chamber Works were censored Disobedience was followed by severe punishment Books that weren’t tolerated by the Nazi were burnt in public Films had to demonstrate certain issues like the Jews, the greatness of Hitler, ect. Sold small radios so that Hitler’s speeches could be heard by everyone
Kristallnacht/ The Final Solution/ Wannsee Conference	What is Kristallnacht and what does the word mean? When did it happen? http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/kristallnacht/ Who attended and what was decided at the Wannsee Conference? What was the Final Solution? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005477	Kristallnacht means “Night of the Broken Glass” and was done November 1938 Attending was SS General Reinhard Heydrich, SS Major General Heinrich Müller, SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann, as well as others from the SS and agencies of the states The Final Solution was the code name for the annihilation of the European Jews
The Victims	Besides the Jewish people, list seven other groups were also targets/victims of the Holocaust? Briefly tell the fate of each group under Nazi rule. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007457 CLUE: Begin reading at “Targeted Groups”	Gypsies People with disabilities Polish victims Soviet prisoners of war Afro-Germans Homosexuals Jehovah witnesses Persecution, imprisonment, and annihilation was the fate for these groups
The Ghettos	Describe the three types of ghettos, their purpose, and locations. http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005059 What was life like in the ghettos? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007445	The three types of ghetto: closed ghettos, open ghettos, and destruction ghettos Closed ghettos were shut off by walls or barbed wire fence. The were used to compel Jews Open ghettos didn’t have walls or fences, but they did have leaving and entering restrictions. These were used in Poland and the German occupied Soviet Union. Destruction ghettos were tightly sealed off for two to six weeks before Germans and their collaborators deported or killed the Jewish population there. Life in the ghettos was miserable. Disease infested them. The people were given little food or water. Men were forced to do labor while others awaited death.
The Camps	There were two kinds of camps: labor camps and death/extermination camps. What is the difference between the two? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005144 What were the conditions? What different types of extermination were performed? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005145	At labor camps, people were forced to work long hours without pay. In death camps, people were separated and killed right away. They were put in cramped living spaces were diseases could easily spread. Thousands died from exhaustion and starvation. German doctors performed sick experiments on prisoners. Prisoners were gathered and were openly shot at. Others were put in gas chambers and killed by poisonous gases. Some were cremated as well.
The Liberation & The Nuremberg Trials	Who liberated the camps? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005131 What did Hitler do near the end of the war? How many defendants were charged during the Nuremberg Trials? What did they represent? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007143 What did the International Military Tribunal decide was not a legitimate defense? http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10007142	The Allied troops who encountered the camps liberated prisoners and the camps. Hitler committed suicide. 24 defendants were charged. They represented the higher positions that committed unspeakable crimes. “Following orders” wasn’t a legitimate defense for criminal acts.

Assignment 3: Images of Night

Chimney Smoke

Chimney smoke
Black and foggy
Floating, choking, and clouding
Like the shadow of an endless night and as eerie as the devil’s laugh
A typhoon of lost, twisted souls that block the sun
Creeping
Among the clouds of the sky